The Mary Valley Rattler is a railway museum with an operating rail fleet for railway journey experiences. Located at the historic Gympie Station, the building also contains the Rusty Rails Cafe. 7 days a week, the museum and cafe are open for a look around and getting a coffee fix. We dropped in for coffee … Read more
Borumba Deer Park is a family-owned and operated campground near Imbil, 4 kilometres before reaching the Lake Borumba picnic area . As the name hints, the park is set within a deer farm. It resides downstream from Borumba Dam along Yabba Creek which flows through Imbil and into the Mary River. You can find turtles … Read more
The Big Pumpkin in Gumlu is at a fruit and vegetable stall from the Gumlu farm. It is accompanied with another big thing, The Big Watermelon. It and the watermelon can be found on the Bruce Highway at Gumlu between Bowen and Ayr, two big things at the one place.
The Big Watermelon is along the Bruce Highway at Gumlu between Bowen and Ayr. It is one of two big things at the same spot, the other being The Big Pumpkin. Two big things in one stop.
The Big Crab in Cardwell sits above the Seaview Deli Cafe, a 24-hour cafe stop on the Bruce Hwy between Tully and Ingham in Tropical North Queensland. One of Australia’s big things, the big crab promotes the seafood cafe. It accompanies the Seaview Deli Cafe’s Crab Burger & Beer offering.
The Golden Gumboot is Tully’s big thing to represent the town’s attribute of being “a pretty wet place”. It is a 7.9-metre fibreglass structure with an internal spiral staircase and viewing platform and adorned with a big green tree frog on its side. The Golden Gumboot was opened in 2003, a project undertaken by the … Read more
Myall Beach is part of the Daintree National Park in the Wet Tropics at Cape Tribulation. The brown sign directs you to the same place as Dubuji where there is a boardwalk through the rainforest. The beach stretches between the Cape Tribulation headlands and the boardwalks of the Dubuji part of Daintree National Park. FromThe … Read more
Lookout in the Mareeba area, named after Arther “Bunny” Seary. Bunny Seary was a Mareeba Shire councillor. He was in the Australian Engineers, Changi, Burma, Thailand Railway.
Great views from the Rex Range from a lookout after climbing up Mossman Mount Malloy Road. The lookout is towards the north of Port Douglas, with Newell Beach, Rocky Point, and Mount Alexandra in the distance. The lookout is basically a wider shoulder on the side of the road. There are no toilets, seating, or … Read more
Kulki is a beach and headland at Cape Tribulation in the Daintree National Park. Kulki, pronounced as “gool-gee”, was a meeting place for the Eastern Kuku Yalanji people. Kulki Lookout The 600m Kulki boardwalk leads from the picnic area up the ridge of the headland to a lookout. The lookout is named after two Yalanji … Read more